INTERVIEW-Top Afghan negotiator optimistic over peace prospects
Everyone agrees military solution no longer realistic, top Afghan peace negotiator says
Rwanda vows to help on Congo at UN, assails 'blame game'
Rwanda vows to use its two-year U.N. Security Council stint to help end the conflict that has destabilised neighbouring DRC
2012 one of "bloodiest years" for journalists-media body
Death toll is another indictment of governments which consistently fail to stop the slaughter of journalists, says group
Pakistan militants kill 41 in mass execution, attack on Shi'ites
Pakistani militants have escalated attacks in recent weeks challenging assertions that military offensives have broken the back of hardline Islamist groups